To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bond film franchise and the tenth Asian Bond Girl (French Cambodian-Chinese actress Bérénice Lim Marlohe) who’s featured in Skyfall, we’re going to take a step back into history and give you an overview of every single Asian actress who has shared screentime with Ian Fleming’s iconic secret agent (and arguably the world’s most famous) spanning the last 50 years. Some of these names may be recognizable to you – while others may be of surprise. Click and read on!

While her uncredited role was very short (she was in the film for two minutes, with a couple of lines), Mitsouko’s Madame La Parte earned her a spot on our list as the first Asian (Mitsouko is Eurasian) Bond girl on our list. Besides starring in Agent 077: Mission Bloody Mary, her role in Thunderball was her most famous to date. She also had a career as a striptease artist.

Akiko Wakabayashi as Aki in You Only Live Twice.

2. Akiko Wakabayashi as Aki (You Only Live Twice, 1967)

Originally casted as Kissy Suzuki, Wakabayshi moved up to the bigger role of Aki after You Only Live Twice co-star Mie Hama had difficulties learning English. The Bond movie was Wakabayashi’s last film to date (the Japanese actress starred in Ishirō Honda’s Dogora and Woody Allen’s What’s Up, Tiger Lily?) – she chose to retire after sustaining injuries while filming a movie.

Before being casted in You Only Live Twice, Mie Hama was a highly popular actress in Japan, starring in numerous Toho Studio films, such as King Kong Escapes. Besides being known for her role as Kissy Suzuki (which was originally the main character in the literary version), Hama also became the first Asian woman to pose in Playboy magazine. Hama has also starred in 78 films to date.

Not to be confused with the Taiwanese singer of the same name, Tsai Chin (also known as Irene Chow) is the only Asian actress to have starred in two Bond films, although she was technically not a Bond Girl in Casino Royale. Chin was also known for playing Lin Tang (daughter to Fu Manchu) in the Fu Manchu movies, Helen Rubenstein (mother to Christina Yang) in Grey’s Anatomy, and other supporting roles in The Joy Luck Club and Memoirs of a Geisha. Her famous family members include father Zhou Xinfang (Peking Opera actor), Michael Chow (owner of the Mr. Chow restaurant chain), and actress China Chow.

Francoise Therry as Chew Mee in The Man with the Golden Gun.

5. Francoise Therry as Chew Mee (The Man with the Golden Gun, 1974)

Not much is known about Francoise Therry, besides that she played the mistress of Hai Fat in the film.

Francoise Therry as Chew Mee in The Man with the Golden Gun.

6. Papillon Soo Soo as Pan Ho (A View to a Kill, 1985)

You might remember British actress/model Papillon Soo Soo (Lam) for the most famous line in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket: “Hey baby, you got girlfriend Vietnam? Me so horny. Me love you long time.” Prior to her role as the hooker from Da Nang, Soo Soo also portrayed Pan Ho, one of the henchwomen backing up Grace Jones’ character May Day. Soo Soo hasn’t starred in other prominent roles since, but continued on with a modeling career.

Diana Lee-Hsu as Loti in License to Kill.

7. Diana Lee-Hsu as Loti (License to Kill, 1989)

Another former Playboy playmate to grace this list, Lee-Hsu played Loti, a narcotic agent in Hong Kong who worked with Kwang (Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa) to help take down the main antagonist, drug lord Franz Sanchez. The former Bond girl also other minor roles such as “Mrs. Wong” in Family Matters and was also a former model.

Michelle Yeoh as Wai Lin in Tomorrow Never Dies.

8. Michelle Yeoh as Wai Lin (Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997)

Michelle Yeoh is undeniably the most famous Asian Bond Girl on this list, as she was also the only Asian actress to take on a leading Bond Girl role. The beauty queen-turned-actress is well-known for performing her own stunts in action movies. Following Tomorrow Never Dies, Yeoh also starred in the worldwide hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). Yeoh recently starred in The Lady (2011), the biopic on Burmese human rights leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Also known as Rachel Louise Grant de Longueuil, the British Filipina actress and model got her first film role as a Chinese intelligence agent moonlighting as a masseuse (sent by another secret agent Mr. Chang, played by Ho Yi) in order to obtain more information on Bond and reveal his intentions. Grant also specializes in Kali, a type of Filipino martial arts and is a martial arts instructor. Grant also comes from a famous family, as her grandfather was the late 11th Baron Raymond De Longueuil, who was the second cousin to Queen Elizabeth II.

Berenice Marlohe in Skyfall.

10. Bérénice Lim Marlohe as Séverine (Skyfall, 2012)

Marlohe was a struggling actress in France before landing a breakthrough role in Skyfall, also her first English-language film. In an interview with Esquire, the French-Cambodian-Chinese actress had landed an audition for the role of Séverine by chance – she had contacted Sam Mendes’ agent (through Facebook!), as well as Skyfall’s casting director (by email) she met during a trip to Los Angeles and auditioned twice before sending tapes off to director Sam Mendes. Of course, the rest is history. Marlohe is currently filming a film with Terence Malick, alongside Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman and Christian Bale.

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